1200 phrases and sayings and their origins! They also have fun categories, like fallacies (misattributed quotes, etc.)
Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins
Of course, I have 3 books on the subject I haven't read yet:
101 American English Proverbs
Random House Dictionary Of America's Popular Proverbs and Sayings
Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and other Doubletalk
Each dialect has its own accumulation of astute colloquialisms. They offer counsel about how to live and furthermore exchange some hidden thoughts, standards and estimations of a given culture/society. These expressions are called "the idioms" - or maxims in the event that they are longer. These blends of words have (once in a while total sentences) a "metaphorical signifying" which means, they essentially work with "pictures".
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